Ota Sklencka

In 1900, Stepha, the vivacious 30 year old daughter of a wealthy couple, agrees to marry her cousin Paul, who has accumulated large debts as an Austrian army officer. Paul refuses to work or to consummate the marriage, and then his health steadily declines. (imdb)

It is the summer of 1945. A party of young people is enjoying the beginning of a new life to the full. For them, this is year one. One of them, law student Pavel (Viktor Preiss), is more attracted to film than to law. With his eight-millimeter camera, he films everything that catches his attention. One day he captures an interesting face on film, a girl with an air of mystery. Pavel visits the girl (Marta Vancurová), whose name is Helena, and meets hers and her elder sister... (NFA.cz)